Meghan 'cried' about her father missing wedding, Thomas Markle says

"They were disappointed", he admitted. "I think he was open to the experiment". It was then claimed that he had had a change of heart, before he told TMZ that he would be having surgery on Wednesday and would not be flying to the United Kingdom to see his daughter marry the prince.

Speaking about his treatment by the press, Markle told GMB that,"They'd take photos of me grabbing a beer, take photos of me getting into my vehicle. they'd take photos of me making me look negative".

He said he could not attend the wedding because he was due to undergo heart surgery amid controversy he had staged photos to improve his image.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: "I feel bad about it". "I apologise for it".

"I send my love to both of them". I realised it was a serious mistake. It's hard to take it back'.

He admitted that he watched the wedding from an apartment where he was recovering after his hospital stay. "She was lovely", he said.

"He is well aware he's not usually the type to her invited to events like this, given he's fled bankruptcy in the USA and is hiding out in Mexico, but nothing is going to stop him watching his little princess become a real-life royal". I cried a little bit about it. The Queen, who has reigned over the United Kingdom and the commonwealth for 66 years, is making the time in her very busy schedule to say to Meghan, 'OK, I'm going to show you, personally, the royal ropes.

Markle missed out on watching his daughter walk down the aisle. I was very happy about that. While walking down a short hill into the church grounds, Meghan appeared to catch her heel on the grass, and started to stumble. "That upsets me somewhat".

Markle said he told Harry: "You are a gentleman, promise me you will never raise your hand against my daughter and of course I will grant you my permission".

Thomas expects he will have grandchildren very soon as he revealed his daughter will most likely start a family soon. Her colour palette matched that of her husband, who wore a grey morning suit with a blue tie.